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In my last post, guest Dick Jones wrote about the demise of newspapers, happening in part because they refuse to let go of their double digit profits.Ad Agehas begun a series entitled Newspaper Death Watch.The first installment mentions many of the same problems Dick did.I’ll be following this series and provide a link to each installment.Intriguing stuff.

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Related to the death of newspapers and the huge transition we’re experiencing in news gathering- dissemination (and PR and marketing) is Chris Brogan’s post on Some Differences Between Pitching Mainstream Press and Bloggers.There are some marked differences and, of course, a lot of similarities.

Most revealing are the responses when Chris Twittered his friends for their opinions.Read this in full and think about it.There’s a lot about passion, opinions, homework, freebies . . .oh, yes, and pimping.

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Martin Weller is a Professor of Educational Technology at the Open University in the UK.I’ve subscribed to his blog, The Ed Techie for quite awhile but, like everyone else, I don’t get to all my feeds as often as I’d like.

In the virtual world this April 7 post, Whither the Blogosphere,might be considered old, but it’s relevant, well-written and thoughtful.It’s about the possible trend of bloggers moving away from the blogosphere and into different forms of communication on the Web.Martin writes in part:

What I think is happening is another example of technology succession. The blog was the primary colonizer for the barren landscape of online identity. The presence of this colonizer changed the environment, which made it more amenable to secondary colonizers. . .

Blogger Tony Hirst was criticized harshly at a conference for having his laptop to do some live blogging.Both his account and the comments give some great insights into the schism between traditionalists and 2.0 practitioners.

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John C. Dvorak, VP at the former Podshow, explains the name change to Mevio.His post is short and to the point.The 68 responses range from agreement, to anger to thoughts on the term “podcasting,” branding,search engines, etc.Again, interesting insights into our fast-changing times.

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Finally, I need your insights and ideas.

Three weeks ago I did the three-part post on the drug bust.A week later I followed it up with a report on another one.As I posted them, each one attracted a larger-than-usual number of views.They continued to get a steady but lower number of views, which is the norm.Then, Friday night, views of these posts suddenly jumped way, way up.The views continued growing throughout Saturday, giving me one of my top five days ever.Has this ever happened to anyone else?